DAY ONE: Fourth annual McKnight’s Online Expo to begin with webcasts on quality, wound care and...
Mar 24, 2010
The fourth annual McKnight’s Online Expo, the largest online trade show serving the long-term care industry, kicks off today with three educational seminars. It’s not too late to join the more-than...
Massive trial to determine effects of lower blood pressure on dementia
Mar 22, 2010
The largest-ever clinical trial to determine the effect of lower blood pressure on dementia is preparing to enroll participants, according to recent reports.
Skilled nursing bed prices increase by 4% in 2009, report finds
Mar 16, 2010
The average price per bed for skilled nursing facilities rose slightly in 2009, while the price per bed in assisted living facilities fell, according to the 15th edition of the Senior Care Acquisition...
Advocat earnings sink in 2009 fourth quarter
Mar 12, 2010
Profits at long-term care provider Advocat Inc. plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2009 as revenues increased slightly.
Kinetic Concepts Inc. scored a legal victory Wednesday in its ongoing battle with Smith & Nephew over the use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. A Texas jury sided with KCI in a patent infringement lawsuit.
Medicare case-mix likely to become more clinically complex, NIC panel asserts
Mar 10, 2010
The looming Medicare payment system will encourage nursing home operators to embrace more clinically complex care, according to panelists who spoke Tuesday at the 2010 National Skilled Nursing Investment...
Inaugural National Skilled Nursing Investment Forum kicks off Monday
Mar 04, 2010
Hundreds of long-term care operators will converge in San Diego next week to participate in the first ever National Skilled Nursing Investment Forum from Monday through Wednesday. Others also will be attending...
Court: Medicare hospice provider cap calculated improperly
Mar 04, 2010
The federal Medicare hospice provider cap is calculated in a way that is “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and unlawful,” a federal court recently ruled.
Nursing home providers agree to $14 million settlement in kickback case
Mar 02, 2010
Mariner Health Care Inc. and SavaSenior Care have agreed to pay $14 million to the U.S. in the latest development in the Omnicare pharmacy kickback scandal, according to new reports.
How to do it… Information technology
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 01, 2010
One of the biggest stories of the year in long-term care will be the conversion to the new minimum data set assessment tool.